Longview-based Spinal Decompression Clinic of Texas agreed to pay CMS $330,898 to settle False Claims Act allegations related to the implantation of neurostimulators, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Granville, Ohio-based Orthopedic Specialists & Sports Medicine is celebrating 45 years of practice in 2021.

From the rising adoption of endoscopic techniques to motion preservation technologies and robotic surgery, the biggest trends in minimally invasive spine surgery are discussed by 13 surgeons.

Orthofix expects net sales in the fourth quarter to decrease about 3 percent year over year to $118 million, but projects significant increases in motion preservation sales, according to a preliminary unaudited report posted Jan. 12.

Diamond Orthopedic has secured a supply contract to provide faceted bone screws for NuVasive's Precice Plate, a limb-lengthening and reconstruction system.

Chicago-based MB Real Estate Healthcare has purchased Arizona Spine & Joint Hospital building in Mesa for $25 million, Phoenix Business Journal reports.

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded veteran-owned company Fidelis Sustainability Distribution its medical equipment electronic catalog contract valued at up to $45 million over five years.

Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center's Helena Theurer Pavilion, the state's largest healthcare expansion project, reached its structural completion Jan. 11, according to a news release.

SHS Capital has invested in Blue Ocean Spine, a Germany-based device company seeking to expand into the U.S. in 2022.

Here's how Medtronic, Stryker and Johnson & Johnson's shares have fluctuated over the last five days.

Modernizing Medicine, a software company based in Boca Raton, Fla., has acquired orthopedic EHR provider Exscribe.

Spine device company Alphatec expects to see fourth-quarter U.S. revenue rise between 38 percent and 39 percent year over year, according to a preliminary unaudited report released Jan. 12.

A new measurement technique for lumbar spine X-rays is being demonstrated virtually at CES 2021, the annual global tech event produced by the Consumer Technology Association that usually takes place in Las Vegas.

Mercy Health plans to build a medical complex that will feature a 60-bed hospital in Mason, Ohio, cincinnati.com reports.

Richmond-based OrthoVirginia's Adam Crowl, MD, performed the first spinal fusion in clinic with the ViBone Moldable cell bone matrix, according to a Jan. 12 news release.

Smith+Nephew expects fourth-quarter revenues to drop year over year due to the pandemic.

On a December call as part of the 39th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Medtronic CEO Geoff Martha shared insights on the company's robotic and spine strategies for the future.

Five orthopedic surgeons who joined new practices or were promoted to new roles in the past week:

Orthopedic procedures performed at ASCs result in a relatively low percentage of patients seeking additional care within 24 hours after surgery, according to a study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Robert Greentree, CEO of Southlake Orthopaedics Sports Medicine & Spine Center, was honored at the Birmingham Business Journal's 2020 CEO Awards, the news outlet reported Jan. 8.